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jungle cock
or jun·gle·cock
[ juhng-guhl kok ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jungle cock1
First recorded in 1830–35
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Example Sentences
A faint flush showed in the east, and presently a jungle-cock greeted the dawn.
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They were gone an hour, for the beautiful black-red jungle cock had led them deep into the forest before falling to the gun.
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It had brown wings, a dark body, and a piece of jungle-cock feather, and it was fastened to a sea-trout casting-line.
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The common jungle-cock (Gallus bankiva) was also obtained here.
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Now and again the jungle-cock shouts his defiant reveille in a startling fashion, breaking the almost solemn silence.
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